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Anand Vaidya: Vedic Philosophy, Epistemology, Counterfactuals

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Theoretical Questions on Pleasure, Pain, and Ethical Calculation in Utilitarianism

The theoretical way to make sense of the apparent contradiction between pleasure and pain in utilitarianism is a complex question./nThe question of whether the scale of pleasure and pain is one-dimensional or involves two different dimensions has been debated in utilitarian philosophy./nIn the past, there was a belief that pleasure and pain were separate entities, similar to the understanding of light and darkness or hot and cold./nUtilitarian philosophy has examined the relationship between pleasure and pain in ethical theory and the methods of calculation.

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